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College Tuition: A Hardship for American FamiliesTo flourish in America today, the average student will have to go to a high-quality college, earn a degree and land a successful job to eventually support a family. However, success is easier said than done, because all of those steps are vital. The step that many Americans struggle with is affording a high-quality college, not because they aren't smart or skilled enough, but because Americans cannot pay for the pricy tuition and additional expenses. The rising of college tuition scares many, even though they yearn for a college degree. Two reasons for this struggle are that college costs are taking a monumental percentage out of Americans salaries, and most importantly the large amount of debt students await after graduation. Even though many people succeed in our country today, most Americans struggle to send their child to a good college to fulfill his or her dream.

Even though many Americans succeed in our country today, most Americans struggle to send their child to a first-class college to fulfill his or her dream. B ooks, housing, tuition, and transportation combined for college dents a hole in American's annual income. The cumulative college expense is stealing too much money out of Americans wallets. Even though many think college is worth the price; is it worth risking all that money? For example, in 2012, college cost took 55% of the lowest income Americans salaries compared to only 39% from 1999- 2000. For those Americans, college seems like a long shot because they still have to pay for the of living, which includes food, housing, and paying taxes (Update: College Tuition Costs) . Also, college costs took 25% of the total salary of middle- income families and16% of upper- middle income families (Update: College Tuition Costs). For those families, college is a huge possibly, but those students will still have a large amount of debt to pay off afterwards. The impact of these percentages rising is the fact that Americans might not be able to send their child to the college of his or her choice because of rising costs. Americans may argue that these rising percentages cause colleges to make more money and eventually put more Americans to work by establishing different programs. In order for colleges to succeed, they will an increase in enrollment, to eventually force colleges to make the college dream more affordable.

If the price of college decreases, the debt that awaits most students post graduation will decrease immensely. The rising college costs are pinning Americans with thousands of dollars of debt post graduation. Recent studies show that sixty nine percent of families eliminated college choices because of costs (Adams). Parents want the best for their children, and want to do anything for them. Conversely, at the end of the day, families need to think what they can financially afford; and in our economy today college is not affordable. For example, in 2012, the average student debt after college was $25,250.00. Because of this massive amount of debt, Americans are constantly scrambling to earn extra money to eventually pay off the debt (Average Student Loan Debt: $25,250).

The impact of college debt is that Americans are struggling to spend more money on necessities because they are too busy worrying about their college debt. Americans may counterclaim that most Americans eventually pay off their college debt. That is not the point. The point is that most Americans walk out of graduation with thousands of dollars of debt, and that in some cases it is unavoidable. The Pew report found that even the richest twenty percent of households, owed the biggest share of student debt (Yen). Even families whose income exceeds seventy thousand a year struggle with paying tuition. Should families sacrifice college in order to save money? No, college is important and tuition must be lowered in order for family and students to constantly stop worrying...

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Although increasing the cost of tuition is sought to be beneficial to the staff and faculty by being able to provide what some would consider a better quality education. As well as provide some students with a sense of motivation due to the high cost, as some wouldn’t be able to afford to fail in school. It is evident that an increase in tuition would simply, create a higher student loan debt, cause a slash in state funding and even bring about some discouragement to students.
A rise in tuition will severally affect the amount of student loans that are needed in order to cover the cost of tuition. Although there is a six month grace period to pay back your student loans the rising cost will simply create a gap in the ability to pay them back in a timely manner. There will be an increase in amount of interest that is incurred on student loans that even after graduation with a good paying job can be difficult to repay. If states could factory in education as a highly important factor in their budgets we could offer a more affordable education that could lead to lowering student loans being taken out and lower the interest rates incurred because of the rise. Students would be able to contribute to help get our economy on track by being able to financially satisfy debts.
In addition to the higher student debt rate, an increase will cause a slash in state funding and a decrease in federal student aid. With an...

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Madonna University
The Rising Cost of CollegeTuition
On the day of high school graduation, almost every student has the same dream: to have a great job that pays six figures, full benefits, and enough vacation time to cover an annual trip to Europe. However, we no longer live in a society where this dream will be made into a reality with a meager high school diploma. Instead, students need to continue their education for another four years, at the very least. Sometimes even that will not land a student their dream job. The question remains as to why not all students are choosing to pursue higher education. Some students may feel as if they cannot keep up with the workload and other students may be content with the job they get right out of high school. However, with the constantly increasing cost of tuition, students find themselves questioning if another four years of expensive education is worth it. Many people cannot see the long-term benefits of taking out loans or are forced to drop out of college because of the expensive cost. Parents ask themselves how tuition increased so steeply over the years. Student’s dreams are placed on hold while they attempt to save money. Everyone seems to be wondering if tuition costs will ever become affordable or stable. Both the state and federal government need to...

...﻿EH 102
11 March 2013
CollegeTuition: Why is the Tuition Continuously Rising?
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Ms Weeks
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CollegeTuition Fees are becoming to High
“CollegeTuition rates are 2 ½ times over the inflation rate at an average of 59,8005 dollars” according to Steve Odland, a professor at Lynn University who received a baa from Norte Dame University. If post-secondary education were in fact growing at the same pace, as the inflation rate, tuition would be 383,000 dollars less than it is presently. Are there other alternatives are available such as scholarships, grants, and loans? Yes; however, the competitive field to receive scholarships, loans, and grants is quite difficult to obtain, because there is to many people and not enough space causing prices to increase dramatically. Several middle-class and lower class American citizens feel that tuition costs are expensive, and like myself, are taking advantage of early college programs to receive credit and lessen their debts in the future. These programs allow high school students to receive an associate’s degree while attending high school and working towards their high school diploma. Colleges have been around for centuries such as Harvard established sixteen years after the pilgrims landed on North America and Charity School of Philadelphia established by Benjamin Franklin. The style of education differs back then compared to the system we have now, however...

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Currently, kids do not have very easy or inexpensive access to higher education due to the increasing cost of tuition and the decreasing amount of scholarships being awarded. Aside from tuition, state colleges fund academics mostly by state appropriations. In 2009 and 2010, public colleges had to handle cuts in those appropriations, which were the largest in the decade. To make up for this, colleges made 9-13% cuts...

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Should College Athletes Be Compensated?
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...Introduction
In this analysis I will be looking at how the effect that the higher university fees introduced in 2012 has had on the UK economy. I’ll be analysing the social, economical and political effects of the topic explaining a short part of the system and the different points of views including my own.
What is tuition fee?
Tuition is a fee paid for instruction which is especially seen in higher education. [ (longman, 2008) ]Tuition fees; was introduced in 1998 around the whole of the united kingdom, for funding tuition in universities for undergraduate and postgraduate students, where it was required for students to pay up to £1,000 a year for tuition. This was done to fund and help the universities to compete with other universities on a global scale. [ (news, 2009) ]
Social effects
Last year, in 2012 universities in England where and still are able to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 per year. This rise of tuition has caused a lot of individuals to think that higher education is no longer affordable to those with standard or low income and has caused 15,000 fewer applicants. [ (vasgar, 2012) ] Plus most students pay their tuition with a loan they borrow from the student finance company where this debt is to be payed after the student graduates and are earning the minimum threshold amount of £21,000 per annual year. After graduation, every...

...students would also need to
strive also hard in order for
them not to fail the class. This
is the reason why having a
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beneficial to fast, average, and
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Having your child enrolled in a
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learning abilities of your child.
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one step further. Say goodbye
to old days of simply going to
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new topics learned earlier
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clarify difficult topics and
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the child to accelerate their
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children attend home tuitions
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them from doing unhealthy
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Another good thing about
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